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Karthik K. Shanmuganatham

United States Department of Agriculture

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Research Focus:variant calling· 1

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MicrobiologyJournal of Veterinary Diagnostic InvestigationPeer-reviewedMar 25, 2026

Rapid identification of African swine fever virus in diagnostic samples using CRISPR-Cas

Sekhar Kambakam, Julia Thomas, Suelee Robbe‐Austerman…·Rachel M. Palinski

This paper develops a CRISPR-Cas12a assay for rapid, sensitive, and specific detection of African Swine Fever Virus in diagnostic samples, achieving high sensitivity and specificity comparable to qPCR.

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experimental assayhost-pathogen & immune response

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintSep 13, 2023

Inactivation of Highly Transmissible Livestock and Avian Viruses Including Influenza A and Newcastle Disease Virus for Molecular Diagnostics

Jennifer L. Welch, Ram Shrestha, Heather Hutchings…·Karthik K. Shanmuganatham

This study shows that PrimeStore(R) molecular transport media inactivates viruses by >99.99% without affecting nucleic acid detection, enabling safer and more efficient diagnostic testing.

DOI 10.1101/2023.09.13.557451

bulk RNA-seqexperimental assay

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